District Hotel — Restaurant in Nairne

The good - kids playground was a hit for our 4 and 7 year old. The lights in the garden looked pretty. The cheesecake was nice. The entree squid was fine.

The not so good- Baked ratatouille was so flavourless and disappointing for $28. Apparently there were smoked almonds in it somewhere although not to be seen. Literally just mushy eggplant, mushy tomatoes with a handful of dry rocket on top all within a bowl. Void of flavour. The steak frites was medium rare and done so- but a very tough/cheap bit of meat that was difficult to get through. Kid’s meal deal was a lot smaller for value compared to other hotels in the hills offering for same price. Small serving, small icecream and small juice in a bottle. First for dinner crowd and the gas heater ran out after 2 minutes so had to deal with cold for a while and then banging and carrying on from several different staff trying to fix it before realising it was empty. Feels like something that should have been checked before dinner service. Pretty disappointing dinner and first impression...

Firstly, the District Hotel has got to have THE BEST burger in the Adelaide Hills.

I’ve tried them all, and my gold standard is the Belgian burger from the Belgian Beer Cafe in the city. This easily beats it out so well done to the kitchen crew. Five stars ⭐️ for that alone.

However, if I had a complaint it would be to get some more beers on tap. There’s just not enough variety here to satisfy a 21st century man. Also, the ordering section looks like it needs to be updated to keep up with the rest of the place. Walking into it feels like I’ve moved back in time...

Great place to eat, for groups or couples, especially in their shady beer garden, dinning under a canopy of trees. its near a pretty stream, Food is good and the menu varied. Except no cold salad options other than warm potatoe salad, which was tasty. Its very kid friendly offering well equipted playground and table tennis. Monday kids eat free, which makes it a bit noisy with their screams of glee as they run around playing chase. Unfortunately they have pokies, which I find very anti-social, but they are at least out of sight. But...